Soulard v. Allen
Supreme Court of Missouri
flppeal from St. Louis Court of Common Pleas. I, The title of the plaintiffs is perfect, as against the goyernment, and superior to all other titles, unless the right of the city to the commons be the better title. II. The locality of the plaintiffs’ land is certain, and their actual possession of it commenced in the year 1800. III.
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flppeal from St. Louis Court of Common Pleas. I, The title of the plaintiffs is perfect, as against the goyernment, and superior to all other titles, unless the right of the city to the commons be the better title. II. The locality of the plaintiffs’ land is certain, and their actual possession of it commenced in the year 1800. III. The actual survey in the names of Gervais and Ortiz, (by which the defendant claims,) is wrongly located, being laid down on wrong courses, and being a good way north of the proper position. The survey as made is simply arbitrary; it refers to nothing antecedent…
1Opinion of the CourtScott, Judge
This was an action of ejectment, commenced in 1848, by the plaintiffs, Soulards, against Allen, to recover posses*594sion of a tract of land in tbe city of St. Louis, containing fifty acres.
'The plaintiffs claim as the legal representatives of their father and mother, Antoine and Julia C. Soulard. The plaintiffs claim under a concession made to their ancestor, Antoine Soulard, by Zeno Trudeau, lieutenant governor of Upper Louisiana in 1798, for 204 arpens and a fraction, which was surveyed by the then surveyor of the province in 1800. This concession, together with notice of claim, was filed 15th…
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